{"text":"(3\/?)Maybe as technologists, we need to discourage people from signing up to random stuff they find online (especially given the ubiquity of VC-driven DataFarming, #MOLE slop, etc)?We could encourage them instead to find reliable online services the same way you'd find a trustworthy mechanic or a good coffee; web'o'trust style, through social connections. So instead of joining the fediverse, people join a fedi-enabled service run by someone they can get to know (like that local mechanic).","truncated":false,"created_at":"Sun Jun 29 08:52:30 +0900 2025","in_reply_to_status_id":"10311629","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/users\/strypey\/statuses\/114743980998504540","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":10346520,"in_reply_to_user_id":4086,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"strypey","geo":null,"user":{"id":4086,"name":"Strypey","screen_name":"strypey","location":null,"description":"Free human being of this Earth. P\u0101keha in Aotearoa.Be excellent to each other!BTW When I say Trained #MOLE, I mean generative models, what the hype bubble calls &quot;AI&quot;, see my blog post;https:\/\/disintermedia.net.nz\/invasion-of-the-mole-trainers\/Email: strypey @disintermedia.net.nzJabber: strypey@jabber.orgMatrix: @strypey:matrix.iridescent.nzAll posts here CC BY-SA 4.0 (or later).#Vegan #Permaculture #PeerProduction #SoftwareFreedom #PlatformCooperatives #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Juggling #fedi22","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4086-48-20250707223708.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4086-48-20250707223708.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4086-96-20250707223708.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4086-original-tmp20250707222339.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":0,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Tue Aug 09 11:48:17 +0900 2022","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":1583,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/@strypey","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":0},"statusnet_html":"<p>(3\/?)<\/p><p>Maybe as technologists, we need to discourage people from signing up to random stuff they find online (especially given the ubiquity of VC-driven DataFarming, <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/tags\/MOLE\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#MOLE<\/a> slop, etc)?<\/p><p>We could encourage them instead to find reliable online services the same way you'd find a trustworthy mechanic or a good coffee; web'o'trust style, through social connections. So instead of joining the fediverse, people join a fedi-enabled service run by someone they can get to know (like that local mechanic).<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":5254934,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/10346520","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/@strypey","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/users\/strypey","attentions":[],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}